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# What's the Best Way to Plan Production Based on Raw Material Availability?
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/whats-the-best-way-to-plan-production-based-on-raw-material-availability/
- Published: 2026-09-24T21:05:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T21:05:40.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

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# What's the Best Way to Plan Production Based on Raw Material Availability?

The best way is to connect your production plan directly to current raw material stock, so planned orders reflect what's actually available instead of an assumption. On **Jestor**, this runs through **PCP** connected to raw material inventory.

Planning production without checking raw material availability first risks committing to an order the current stock can't actually support, discovered only once production is already underway.

## What production planning without material visibility costs

- Production orders planned that the current raw material stock can't support
- The gap discovered mid-production, causing delay and wasted setup time
- No systematic way to see which planned orders are actually feasible
- Risk of promising a delivery date based on production that can't proceed

## How material-aware production planning works

- Raw material stock connects directly to the production planning **table**
- Planned production orders show feasibility based on current material availability
- Orders that would exceed available material get flagged before they start
- This visibility exists before committing to a delivery date

## Why Jestor fits this use case

- Connecting materials to planning catches infeasible orders before they begin
- This avoids the wasted time of discovering a shortage mid-production
- Delivery commitments become more reliable, grounded in actual material stock
- This scales from a simple production process to a complex multi-material operation

| Planning without material visibility | Material-connected production planning |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| Shortage discovered mid-production   | Feasibility checked before committing  |

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Does this account for materials already reserved by other orders?** Yes, reserved quantities factor into what's shown as truly available. More at [jestor.com](https://www.jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

**Can a flagged order trigger an automatic purchase request for the shortfall?** Yes, when configured as part of the production automation.

**Does this work for products requiring multiple raw materials?** Yes, feasibility considers every material in the product's recipe.

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